Bloodlines by Richelle Mead

Bloodlines by Richelle Mead
Rating: 3/5 stars

**I know I haven't been reviewing lately but I had no time with the holiday season because I worked everyday. Now that i'm done with work and it is a new year, i'm going to try my best with keeping up with reviews.**

Bloodlines is a spin off series from the Vampire Academy series that include characters like Adrian, Jill, Sydney, Eddie and appearances from other characters. Adrian is the main reason I started reading this series. When I found out that this series included Adrian, I knew I just HAD to read it. He was my favorite character in the Vampire Academy series and what happened between him and Rose broke my heart. I was 100% team Adrian. Why chose someone that’s extremely boring like Dimitri when she could have Adrian?! It still makes no sense to me. In this book you find out that he is STILL extremely hurt from it and it broke my heart even more. 

I don’t know how I feel about this book. It was boring and I felt like it was missing something but at the same time I couldn’t stop reading it. It was addicting, just like the Vampire Academy Series. There was surprising twists but some of it was predictable. 

Anyway, I was disappointed that there was barely any romance in this. Lee and Jills romance was just weird to me from the beginning and I wanted something to happen between Trey and Sydney but nope, nothing happened. Even though I personally think Sydney is boring, I hope she grows on me in the next book and that she opens up more. Despite the fact that I didn't find this book as exciting as I wanted it to be, it was a great start for a spin-off series and I have a feeling its only going to get better.

Specials by Scott Westerfeld

Specials by Scott Westerfeld
Rating: 3/5 Stars

Will contain spoilers!!!

It pains me to say that I am extremely disappointed by this book. There was a decent amount of action in it but I was still very bored while reading it. I just wasn’t feeling it and I was just reading it so I can finish it faster. There was barely any romance in this book either, which is what I was expecting considering it’s the last book. There was a big question everyone wanted answered, who would Tally choose? Zane or David? But it doesn’t even get answered. Zane dies and she stays with David and they don’t even kiss once in this book. Zanes death was also so unnecessary and it broke my heart.

I have a love/hate relationship with this series. It got confusing at times and Tally annoyed me but I loved the concept of it and some characters. Overall, there were more things I hated than liked in this book but I still enjoyed it. One thing I hate the most is the ending because it was not satisfying. I don’t like how Tally stayed as a Special Circumstance either but whatever. I’ll probably read “Extras” sometime in the future and I heard that Tally appears in that so hopefully I get a little closure from that book.